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(No Model.)

D.L. BATES. WASHING MACHINE.

Patented D50. 1, 1885..

J5 2 3,365 Jzzrwdar UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

DANIEL L. BATES, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOB OF QNE-HALF TO BENJAMIN F.ARNOLD, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,675, dated December1, 1885.

Application filed July 17, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL L. BATEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Dayton, county of Montgomery, and

State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAgitator \Vashiug Machines; and I do declare the followiug'to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of washing-machinesin which an agitator-head, with stick-coupling device to receive andhold the ends of the wooden rods or sticks, is employed, and suitablegearing for operating it.

The object of my invention is to provide means for securely holding thewooden rods in the sockets shown, so that there will be little liabilityof their working loose and dropping out. This object I attain by theconstruction substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 represents a vertical section of my invention in connectionwith a suitable gearing and tub. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view ofmy agitator-head and stick-coupling. Fig. 3 represents a bottom view ofthe agitator-head and coupling. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view ofthe washer-head detached.

A represents an ordinary suds-tub, provided with legs, lid, &c. To thecover B is secured a suitable frame, 0, of any desired to form orconstructiomfor supporting the usual driving gear-wheel, E, providedwith a handle, D, for operating it, the teeth of said gearwheel meshingwith those of a pinion, F, upon the upper end of a vertical shaft, G,whereby the shaft may have motion imparted to it as required.

Serial No. 171,859. (No model.)

The gearing, also the frame, as above described, may be variouslymodified or changed in their form or construction, as they form no partof my invention, and I hereby desire to be understood as not confiningmyself to the precise means shown.

To shaft G is pinioned a skeleton or agitator head, H, provided withsemicircular sockets S S S S, extending outwardly in direction fromdotted lines M N in Fig. l, to receive wooden rods K K. Beneath saidskeleton head is received on shaft G a loose washer, I, provided withlike semicircular sockets, S S S S, to lock and hold wooden pins K K K.The semicircular sockets S S S S and those in washer I form togethercircular sockets to receive the wooden rods. Upon the lower end of shaftG are threads to receive nut J, by means of which and washer I, pressingin the direction of dotted lines M N, the wooden rods K K K are firmlyheld at an outward inclination or allowed to drop out at the will of theoperator.

Having fully described my invention,what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is 1. The combination,with the shaft, operated substantially asdescribed, of an agitator-head having semicircular sockets,agitatorsticks, a washer below said head and provided with correspondingsemicircular sockets, and a nut for adjusting the washer toward thehead, to lock the sticks between them, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the shaft, operated substantially as described,of an agitatorhead, t-hesticl s, the subjacent adj ustable washer, andthe nuton the shaft, the said head and washer being constructed,substantially as shown, to clamp the sticks between their peripheralsurfaces and incline them outward, as set forth.

DANIEL L. BATEs.

Witnesses.

H. A. NOLAN, OHAs. W. FINCH.

